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Votes at a glance: Birmingham City Commission, Sept. 15, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and roll‑call outcomes at the Birmingham City Commission regular meeting on Sept. 15, 2025.
The following formal actions were recorded during the Sept. 15 Birmingham City Commission meeting. This roundup lists motions, outcomes and immediate follow‑up items recorded in the meeting minutes.
- Appointments and board actions • Natalia Dukas — appointed regular member, Design Review Board (term to 09/25/2028) — approved (voice/roll call) • Natalia Dukas — appointed regular member, Historic District Commission (term to 09/25/2028) — approved (roll call) • Steven Lemberg — appointed alternate member, Historic District Commission (term to 09/25/2028) — approved (roll call) • Mary J. — appointed alternate member, Historic District Commission (term to 09/25/2028) — approved (roll call)
- Consent agenda and warrant list • Motion to move items b and c from the consent agenda and approve the rest — approved by roll call (all yes) • Resolution to approve the warrant list (checks/payments) including tax remittances to Birmingham Public Schools and Oakland County — approved by roll call (all yes) • Items d, e and f (recognitions and volunteer acknowledgements) — approved by voice vote
- Contracts and agreements • Approve six‑month agreement with Cobalt Community Research for community survey; amount not to exceed $21,435; authorize mayor and clerk to sign; appropriate funds from fund balance — approved (roll call)
- Executive session and personnel • Motion to go into closed session for city manager evaluation under MCL 15.268(a) — approved by roll call. • Following closed session, commission voted to increase City Manager Jana Ecker’s base compensation by 7% — approved by roll call.
Notes and follow up: several agenda items discussed at length (notably the 400 East Lincoln/Next project and related SCC questions) resulted in staff direction and requests for draft materials to return to the commission rather than final action. The owner’s‑rep RFP concept was discussed and staff will return with a revised RFP for commission approval; no RFP award was made Sept. 15.
Votes and formal actions listed above were recorded in the meeting transcript and by the city clerk’s roll call.
